Houston Hosts Doubleheader Plus Weekend Set

HOUSTON − The University of Houston softball team returns home for a weekend with a doubleheader set with Boise State on Thursday and a three-game series with Northwestern State beginning Friday.

HOUSTON (9-11) VS BOISE ST (16-4) & NORTHWESTERN STATE (12-8)
Dates				March 10 vs Boise State \| March 11-13 vs Northwestern State
Location				Houston, Texas \| Cougar Softball Stadium
Live Stream				ESPN+ \| Thursday (G1), Thursday (G2) \| Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston \| Boise State \| Northwestern State
Social Media				@uhcougarsb \| @uhccougarsb \| Cougar Softball \| #GoCoogs

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 148-117 (6th season)
At Houston: same

SERIES VS BOISE STATE
Overall record: 0-0
Under Vesely: 0-0
Streak: first meeting

SERIES VS NORTHWESTERN STATE
Overall record: 4-1, Houston
Under Vesely: 1-0
Streak: Houston, 4

FIRST PITCH

Houston downed #7 Washington in walk-off fashion on Friday at the Boyd Gaming Classic, 5-4. It marked the second-straight year the Cougars had topped the #7 team in the country (last against #7 Oklahoma State in 2021).
Aspen Howie was named to The American Honor Roll after hitting .500 with six RBI and three home runs in the Boyd Gaming Classic. Howie hit the game-tying home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against #7 Washington.
Becca Schulte and Aspen Howie each hit three home runs at the Boyd Gaming Classic.
Becca Schulte hit a home run in the final game of 2020, did not play in 2021 and hit a home run in her first at-bat of 2022. Thus, Schulte hit a home run in back-to-back games spanning 23 months.
Freshman Ja'Naiya Thomas was named to D1Softball's preseason Top 75 Impact Freshman list.
Thomas was named D1Softball's Preseason Freshman of the Year for The American.
Houston will finish the regular season on national television May 1 at South Florida on ESPNU.
Houston added 13 newcomers to the 2022 roster, eight of which are freshmen.
The Cougars have 13 upperclassmen, including six seniors and two graduate students.
Graduate student Becca Schulte is competing in her seventh season as a collegiate athlete. Schulte graduated high school in 2015. She is one of two known 7th-year softball players in the DI ranks.
Houston will face four Preseason Top 25 teams in 2022, including three teams in the Top 10 of D1Softball's preseason poll.
The Cougars play 10 teams that made a regional in 2021. Houston's schedule penned seven Power 5 opponents into the 2022 schedule, facing those seven teams a total of 11 total times.

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